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News Shyne Speaks On His Conversion To Judaism <p>Shyne recently spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/14/shyne-ing-in-jerusalem-how-one-rapper-saw-the-light-and-converted-to-ultra-orthodox-judaism/" target="_blank">Time Magazine Online</a> about his conversion to Judaism. Shyne, who was born  Jamal Michael Barrow but has changed his name to Moshe Levi, was in jail serving a sentence for firing a gun in a club and wounding three people way back when with Diddy & J. Lo. He says he experienced a religious awakening while in prison.</p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011
News 50 Cent Vents His Frustrations With Interscope & More On Twitter <p>Yesterday for some reason 50 Cent decided to vent on Twitter, and some of the tweets were kinda depressing...he doesn't think he's going to live much longer according to one of them.</p> <p>“I’ll be honest I don’t think I’m gonna live much longer,” 50 tweeted, “That’s why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other people’s lives.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News Review: The Weeknd's "Echoes of Silence" The Weeknd ended 2011 in the best way possible, by releasing the long awaited & highly anticipated finale of his trilogy, “Echoes of Silence.” I have been a hardcore fan of The Weeknd ever since “House of Balloons,” and I enjoyed Abel's first two mixtapes (excessively) so I was beyond excited to listen to “Echoes of Silence,” and his timing happened to be perfect, because he dropped it immediately after I had smoked a joint. By Rose Lilah January 03, 2012
News Kendrick Lamar, Boi-1da & T-Minus Talk "Take Care" <p>Kendrick Lamar, Boi-1da and T-Minus spoke with MTV on the making of Drake's "Take Care," check out some of what they had to say about it below.</p> <p>Kendrick Lamar on "Buried Alive":</p> By Rose Lilah November 15, 2011
News Nelly Denies Claims of Drug Use and Home Foreclosure <p>Rapper Nelly has spoken out about recent allegations that he's spent all his money on drugs and gambling.<br /> <br /> A Twitter beef between Nelly and a man name Slim occurred last week, when the Missouri native fired off at Slim for trying to book him for an appearance at a basketball game in St. Louis. In retaliation Slim, who also claimed to be Nelly's manager, tweeted that the '5.0' creator was broke due to a gambling and drug habit and also alleged that he was close to foreclosure on his home.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah May 31, 2011
News Ice Cube launches Charity Art Series with Rare Ink <div class="im"> By Rose Lilah June 22, 2011
News Usher & Tameka Raymond Sex Tape Coming Soon? <p>What happens in the past doesn't always stay there. Usher, who divorced from his ex-wife Tameka Foster in 2009, is at the center of a brewing controversy after an unnamed owner of a sex tape featuring the two is shopping the steamy video to potential buyers and distributors.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah March 14, 2011
News DJ Khaled Recruits Nas, Kanye & More for New LP <p><iframe width="560" height="349" frameborder="0" title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2lZsog0VGI8" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>DJ Khaled will be returning to store shelves this summer with his fifth, star-studded compilation album and XXLMag.com has the details from the man himself on who fans can expect to hear on the disc, which will be his first for Cash Money records.</p> By Rose Lilah April 03, 2011
News The Underachievers' "Lords Of Flatbush 2" In The Works Issa Gold of The Underachievers alludes to "Lords of Flatbush 2." By Rose Lilah October 07, 2015
News Rae Sremmurd Bring A Weed Baggie To Their Terry Richardson Photo Shoot Rae Sremmurd turn up at their Terry Richardson photo shoot. By Rose Lilah April 22, 2015
Original Content The 7 Most Ridiculous Claims Troy Ave Made During His Breakfast Club Interview Breaking down Troy Ave's wildest statements in his lengthy Breakfast Club interview. By Patrick Lyons June 17, 2015
News First Week Sales For Tyler, The Creator & Young Thug The numbers for Tyler, the Creator's "Cherry Bomb" and Young Thug's "Barter 6" are in. By Angus Walker April 21, 2015